diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index f4171003..b8e3c64c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: mirai
 Type: Package
 Title: Minimalist Async Evaluation Framework for R
-Version: 1.2.0.9016
+Version: 1.2.0.9017
 Description: Designed for simplicity, a 'mirai' evaluates an R expression
     asynchronously in a parallel process, locally or distributed over the
     network, with the result automatically available upon completion. Modern
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index aad5a0fb..29f7924a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-# mirai 1.2.0.9016 (development)
+# mirai 1.2.0.9017 (development)
 
 * `daemons(dispatcher = NA)` now provides access to threaded dispatcher (experimental). This implements dispatcher using a thread rather than an external process and is faster and more efficient.
 * `daemons()` behavioural changes:
   - Return value is now always an integer value - either the number of daemons set if using dispatcher, or the number of daemons launched locally (zero if using a remote launcher).
   - Gains argument 'force' to control whether calls to `daemons()` resets previous settings for the same compute profile.
+  - Invalid type of '...' arguments are now dropped instead of throwing an error. This allows '...' containing unused arguments to be more easily passed from other functions. 
 * `mirai_map()` behavioural changes:
   - Combining multiple collection options becomes easier, allowing for instance `x[.stop, .progress]`.
   - Adds `mirai_map()[.progress_cli]` as an alternative progress indicator, using the 'cli' package to show % complete and ETA.
diff --git a/R/daemons.R b/R/daemons.R
index e4bdbe8d..6d79cf24 100644
--- a/R/daemons.R
+++ b/R/daemons.R
@@ -627,10 +627,9 @@ req_socket <- function(url, tls = NULL, resend = 0L)
   `opt<-`(socket(protocol = "req", listen = url, tls = tls), "req:resend-time", resend)
 
 parse_dots <- function(...) {
-  missing(...) && return("")
+  ...length() || return("")
   dots <- list(...)
-  for (dot in dots)
-    is.numeric(dot) || is.logical(dot) || stop(._[["wrong_dots"]], call. = FALSE)
+  dots <- dots[as.logical(lapply(dots, function(x) is.numeric(x) | is.logical(x)))]
   dnames <- names(dots)
   out <- sprintf(",%s", paste(dnames, dots, sep = "=", collapse = ","))
   pos <- dnames == "output"
diff --git a/R/mirai-package.R b/R/mirai-package.R
index 4f68ebcf..062b47bf 100644
--- a/R/mirai-package.R
+++ b/R/mirai-package.R
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@
     requires_local = "ssh_config(): SSH tunnelling requires 'url' hostname to be '127.0.0.1' or 'localhost'",
     single_url = "only one 'url' should be specified",
     sync_timeout = "initial sync with dispatcher/daemon timed out after 10s",
-    url_spec = "launch_*(): numeric value for 'url' is out of bounds",
-    wrong_dots = "daemons(): '...' arguments should only be of integer, numeric or logical type"
+    url_spec = "launch_*(): numeric value for 'url' is out of bounds"
   ),
   hash = TRUE
 )
diff --git a/tests/tests.R b/tests/tests.R
index ae3e57ff..cff28857 100644
--- a/tests/tests.R
+++ b/tests/tests.R
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ nanotesterr(daemons(url = "URL"), "Invalid argument")
 nanotesterr(daemons(-1), "zero or greater")
 nanotesterr(daemons(n = 0, url = "ws://localhost:0"), "1 or greater")
 nanotesterr(daemons(raw(0L)), "must be numeric")
-nanotesterr(daemons(n = 1, maxtasks = "100"), "'...' arguments")
 nanotesterr(dispatcher(client = "URL"), "at least one")
 nanotesterr(daemon("URL"), "Invalid argument")
 nanotest(is.character(mlc <- launch_remote("ws://[::1]:5555")))
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ connection && {
 # advanced daemons and dispatcher tests
 connection && .Platform[["OS.type"]] != "windows" && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "true" && {
   Sys.sleep(1L)
-  nanotesto(daemons(url = local_url(), dispatcher = TRUE))
+  nanotesto(daemons(url = local_url(), dispatcher = TRUE, notused = "wrongtype"))
   nanotest(grepl("://", launch_remote(1L), fixed = TRUE))
   nanotestn(launch_local(nextget("urls")))
   Sys.sleep(1L)
@@ -212,9 +211,9 @@ connection && .Platform[["OS.type"]] != "windows" && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "
   }
   Sys.sleep(1L)
   nanotestz(daemons(NULL))
-  nanotesto(daemons(url = "ws://:0", token = TRUE))
+  nanotesto(daemons(url = "ws://:0", correctype = 0L, token = TRUE))
   nanotestz(daemons(0L))
-  nanotestz(with(daemons(url = "tcp://:0", token = TRUE), {8L - 9L + 1L}))
+  nanotestz(with(daemons(url = "tcp://:0", correcttype = 1, token = TRUE), {8L - 9L + 1L}))
   nanotest(daemons(n = 2, "ws://:0") == 2L)
   nanotest(is.integer(nextget("pid")))
   nanotest(length(nextget("urls")) == 2L)
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ connection && .Platform[["OS.type"]] != "windows" && Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN") == "
   nanotest(is.character(saisei(i = 1L, force = TRUE)))
   nanotestn(saisei(i = 10L))
   nanotestz(daemons(0))
-  nanotest(daemons(n = 2, "tcp://127.0.0.1:45555") == 2L)
+  nanotest(daemons(n = 2, "tcp://127.0.0.1:45555", correcttype = NA) == 2L)
   Sys.sleep(1L)
   nanotestn(launch_local(nextget("urls", .compute = "default")[1L], maxtasks = 1L))
   nanotestn(launch_local(2, maxtasks = 1L))